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U.S. v. ALICEA

Nos. 326, 327, Dockets 87-1280, 87-1281.

837 F.2d 103 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Grisselle ALICEA and Suzie Cabezas, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Udell, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant Alicea.

Thomas H. Nooter, New York City (Freeman, Nooter & Ginsberg, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Cabezas.

Julie Copeland, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Emily Berger, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before OAKES, CARDAMONE and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The principal question presented by this case is whether two female drug couriers presented sufficient evidence at a pretrial in limine hearing to warrant submission of a duress defense to a jury. This procedure was sanctioned in United States v. Bifield, 702 F.2d 342, 347 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 931, 103 S.Ct. 2095, 77 L.Ed.2d 304 (1983), a case involving a prison escape, though...

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